Didn't he have a rough time in the early 70ties to get work ? Even sleeping in the car(a mobile home probably). I think i read that many years ago in a bio or something.If true,even talented you got to have luck and know some people (in those days) because we know how motivated Shatner always was/is and by then he already had a long track record so you would think it would be easy for him to get some bigger roles in 1970 he had to wait for 1975 again to get some
@@superbrighteye As I recall it was some short time after the end of the Star Trek series, and he was going through a divorce, and ended up living in a mobile home. Remember, Star Trek only ran 2 and a half seasons. By the time your agents and managers and the taxman takes their cut, whatever he was paid was a lot less. But a bit after that he landed TJ Hooker, and I'm sure did well with that. Then the ST movie and he was most certainly a millionaire.
@@superbrighteye Yes, I read the same thing. He had a very tough time after his divorce. I guess he was the comeback kid. When his acting is subtle, it is great. If you don't believe that, watch his performance in "The Intruder". The movie is riveting. When he overacts, it can be painful unless it's a comedic role. Then he's a hoot.
William Shatner has always had star quality. That humour and sparkle is already there in 1958. So interesting to hear a tad more Canadian in his accent here. The longevity of his career and his joie de vivre are an inspiration.
He’s a far better actor than the late night comics give him credit for, some of his work even in Star Trek was extremely subtle, far more subtle than a weekly TV series would ordinarily demand. There’s a reason that show became as popular as it did, and that’s all to the quality of the cast, with Shatner right at the head of it.
@@stephenolan5539 : Alec Guinness made films from 1946 in "Great Expectations," after a long stage career that had begun in 1934. By the time Shatner was making his start in movies with "The Brothers Karamazov" (1958), Guinness was well-established and had won an Academy Award for "The Bridge on the River Kwai," co-starring William Holden (who replaced Shatner in the film version of "The World of Suzie Wong"). I do not believe their professional careers crossed paths, but Shatner did understudy for the late Christopher Plummer on stage in Canada.
Recently watched Shatner as a young army officer in Judgement at Nuremberg, a 1961 film. He is now doing Unexplained Mysteries on the History Channel and still working and lucid at 90 years old!
Norman Lloyd was 106, and French actress Renee Dorleac (mother of Catherine Deneuve) was 109 when they passed recently. Lloyd made a film appearance in the 2015 film "Trainwreck" at the age of 100. Not to mention that Kirk Douglas and Olivia de Havilland were both past 100 when they left us. But it's true that working and acting in lead roles into the 90s is impressive. Clint Eastwood is acting and directing still, and has a movie called "Cry Macho" upcoming this year.
@@alfredodistefanolaulhe2212 : So were Angela Lansbury and Betty White. Lansbury's last screen appearance will be a cameo in "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery," along with the late great Stephen Sondheim.
It's kind of amazing that Sullivan describes Shatner in 1958 as already a "brilliant young Canadian star," yet with no idea of just how much his stardom would explode in the years ahead.
This was only two years after Shatner was Christopher Plummer's understudy in Henry V, and one fateful time Bill had to step in. As Christopher Plummer put it, "That son of a bitch did everything the opposite of me. Where I sat, he stood. Where I did this, he contradicted it. I knew right then he was a fantastic actor." Those two would remain good friends for the rest of time and would finally perform together in one of the best Star Trek movies of all time.
Shatner's a natural born actor. His books are an amazing insight into his work ethic. He never turned down a roll. Work and keep working. And he's still that way at 90!
I'd love it. I still remember watching the stage performance of Camelot on TV with the same cast as the 1967 movie. Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, etc. It's actually better than the movie.
Back in the 50's TV commercials were limited. Instead of the average 18 mins of commercials per hour programming (& more) that we have in 2021, in the 50's TV commercials ran approximately 10 to 11 minutes per hour.
@@moricoffman4331 Original Trek episodes ran over 50 minutes. Wasn't that a time..... It all pays actors' exorbitant salaries. I'm not saying that the suits don't get rich too but the increase in consumer cost of everything is to line wealthy pockets. Don't exempt Hollywood. I know it's not only actors but it's actors also. And athletes and musicians too. Everybody deserves a fair wage first but instead the system feeds mad wealth to the few who do the least and the poor are hostages with nothing to do but funnel their hard earned cash into the hands of entertainment figures. The emergence of entertainment figures-athletes, actors and musicians-as a sect who can accumulate wealth in the hundreds of millions of dollars is mind boggling. Wealth in the tens of millions is mind boggling when you know that people are fighting to make $15. an hour and wait staff may still be earning $2.03 an hour and surviving on the tips that management then tries to steal from them. Whew...where did THAT come from? 😃😃
What a beautiful gorgeous couple they made together! Bill so handsome and France so beautiful. So glad that they are both still enjoying life and Bill still incredible and full of vigour at reaching 90 years old just recently. Thanks for posting.
Welllll ... make that more than a 'few' ... as it was 10 years later. 'ELAAN OF TROYIUS' was filmed in December of 1968. Star Trek -- 3rd Season. The thing of it is -- is ... you could tell that Shatner had that extra something even in at age 27. He is truly an actor's actor. D.A.
Ed actually did so much to broaden the horizons of performance on television. Shame nobody these days is up to such a feat. All we get any more is a dumbed-down version of The Gong Show. And that's a travesty as The Gong Show was good.
Every Sunday Night we Faithfully watched " _The Ed Sullivan" Show_ over my _Grandma's_ house even Before I was born. Im sure I was in front of the TV when this show was broadcast. I was just 5 years old and wouldn't remember. But move ahead 6 years... I do remember watching _The Beatles_ perform for the First time 🤗🧡🚶🏽♀️🚶🏽♀️🚶🏽♀️🚶🏽♀️ Sorry to get off track 🙏🏽
@@garychambers5850 well, no mention of the Ed Sullivan show and stars of the 50s/60s would be complete without memories of whether we saw The Beatles on Feb. 9, 1964. I did! I was 7 :-) (I would have been 2 for this episode with Shatner... perhaps I was in front of the TV then, too. My sisters would have been.)
Interesting...so I went in search of....The Broadway cast of "Picnic" performed on the Ed Sullivan Show.......ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ews2rEzRJM8.html
For everyone enamored of the original Star Trek series, remember that Shatner wasn't the first captain of the USS Enterprise. In the original pilot episode (1965), the captain was Christopher Pike, played by Jeffrey Hunter. Thankfully, Shatner came in and gave the character of Kirk the wit and charm that defined the series.
Shatner is the first captain. Pike was a placeholder character. There were two separate pilots for Star Trek, one of them also had a female first officer originally. Lots of things in a pilot like that are just to sell the show to the network, not yet in stone.
Agreed. The wit and charm are easily seen in a young William Shatner. These days, the role of Kirk has gone to someone less capable in the new Strange New World series.
Even then... he was Capt. Kirk. He was born to be Kirk. No matter what I see him in he always talks and acts like Kirk. And that is okay by me. I loved TOS.
@@HailRider I am the 1st human to leave the feed. I am the 1st space traveler. Space travel begins like this: 10,000,000,002,021. FEEL THAT??? You just moved ETERNITY. You moved it from thought to sight-space travel. google RU-vid mark jaycox regression- the deepest journey through TIME ever recorded, I am the CREATOR of A.I., but I am not the only one as ONE STEP BEYOND proves.
@@markjaycox8811 In today's version of reality there are no truly good people, we're all just a bunch of bastards whose despicable flaws haven't been found out yet.
@@u2bist in todays version of reality you sit as the dog at its dish 2021 presented, but the dog knows there is a bag (10,000,000,002,021) that fills its dish. You have no concept of SCALE because you have never measured yourself "off" the one-2021 you were put on. 2021 is not there. any 5,000 year old tree can tell you so. I have been eye to eye with Abraham Lincoln and Adolph Hitler- the same TIME TRAVELER- different bodies- same consciousness, and Abraham's blood and ghost are last seen just 8 miles from my door, and Abe used my dream body to dream to Tom Hanks, William Shatner, and Peyton Manning, as each man awoke to find POTUS LINCOLN sitting on their beds.
What - no comments! It must be that people aren't finding this rare record of Shatner and Broadway co-star Francis Nuyen from 1958 - very early for Shatner = pre Roger Corman's "The Intruder"(1962, and a must see for Shatner fans - a powerful and demanding performance for Shatner at the age of about 29) - pre Twilight Zone appearances, Outer Limits appearance, before the movie version of the same title with William Holden and Nancy Kwan, and over 8 years before Star Trek! He was already a very confident actor,. This scene is pretty hard to pull off so well and so smoothly on a stage as big as the Ed Sullivan Show which, is exactly where any aspiring or established artist wanted an invite....pretty cool to see this exists.
NIce to see how my first comment got an small avalanche of views and comments started - from "0" comments to this string and from less than a 100 hits to almost 1300 - merely noting the phenomenon....that's how these things go. But it really is a special early insight to the man and as an example of what was being aired on one of the very biggest shows on television (ever) at a time when anyone outside the New York area had about 3 channels to choose from and no reruns of anything. For Ed to devote over 10 solid minutes of air time to a piece like this was very unusual, in this case building a real launching pad (no pun) for Shatner's budding career....and yes, as folks are commenting, Nuyen would appear with Shatner on the TOS episode "Elaan of Troyius".
@@robd1329 Yeah - you're right....He should go back to doing Promise margarine adds..."promise". That's what he got reduced to doing after Star Trek got cancelled...not his best days...life's ups and downs.
Back then, 1960s during the civil rights movement, that inter-racial kiss, 2 beautiful people with talent and intelligence, just absolutely outstanding!👍🍿🍐☕🧸🎻 My mother used to say that: " Mr. Ed Sullivan always knew how to push that proverbial envelope, he saw not racial but, pure enduring unadulterated talent in all people and as well their exquisite idiosyncrasies ." Thank you for this amazing upload. Stay healthy...😷😎🍎
I am such a big fan! … There is no denying his talent. I love his dramatic interpretations of song lyrics. I think I will watch those next here on RU-vid
The Capt Kirk and TJ Hooker characters became so synonymous with him that it's easy to overlook that he was an excellent actor for years before Star Trek was even thought of.
According to Shatner in one of his books she was evidently something of a pill to deal with in this production. A bit like the part she played on Trek.
assignmentearth His own reputation earned to those he worked with wasn't exactly flattering either. Most of them describe him as an egotistical pig & that's putting it mildly. So if she was difficult during performances and rehearsals, he wasn't exactly Mr Innocence with a nice halo above his head, either. It works both ways.
"In 1955, while working as a seamstress, Nguyen was discovered on the beach by Life photographer Philippe Halsman. She was featured on the cover of 6 October 1958 issue of Life." "In 1986, Nuyen earned a master's degree in clinical psychology and began a second career as a counselor for abused women, children and women in prison. She received a Woman of the Year award in 1989 for her psychology work."
It always happens. I too never seen William Shatner only on Star Trek. But afterwards, you start seeing appear in other things, Like The Twilight Zone, or Bonanza, Ed Sullivan.. Its like that with other Actors & Actresses.. 🤗
It's a horrible shame what Hollywood has turned into. As Bill Maher stated today, "Hollywood used to say 'Look what good movies we make'....now they say 'Look what great people we are'."
Hollywood is not Hollywood any longer. Gone are the days of the glamours Stars! ⭐ You knew the names of all the actors and actresses... Even the movies are horrible! And it's not just Movies...Its the Music as well!!! It all went downhill.. Thank the Lord for the old time movies & Music! 🎵🎥📽
@@garychambers5850 Funny timing, I was just noting today with friends how bad movies are now; the quality and creativity is gone. I watched a sci-fi movie from the mid-70's yesterday and loved it, despite it's cheesy-ness and near-B-movie status now, just because it was innovative at the time. I was totally entertained. As far as music goes, don't get me started. 1990 and beyond, there has actually been objective study made on how everything went down the toilet at that point. It is self-evident based on lack of skill and talent. Cheers.
This is a real treasure, since Shatner was replaced by William Holden for the film version in 1961. Frances Nuyen was originally cast in the film, and shot some scenes, before weight issues prompted the producer to fire her and Nancy Kwan got the role. So this is the only chance we have -- as far as I know -- to see these actors in this play. Too bad they didn't do a complete live TV version at the time.
Back then television could handle white guys kissing and even marrying Asian girls, but not blacks. In American culture it wasn't imagined an ideal parring but the image of Asians was rightfully considered one of intelligence with a record of accomplished civilization.
Wild Bill Shatner had a lot of "first" experiences. He sailed to Hong Cong and kissed a Chinese girl, and then later he sailed to another world and kissed his black communications officer. That guy was really something with ALL the women.
Wow! France was on an episode of Star Trek where Kirk couldn't deal with his attraction to her. Easy to see why they chose her. She was incredibly beautiful in not only this, but South Pacific, as well.
@@samualcrocket1405 Maybe and I liked him as a kid but for whatever reason he is hated and ridiculed by many. I have heard he is very egotistical and arrogant, but I wouldn't know as I have never met the man.
They both appeared together several years later in Star Trek TOS episode 13 of season 3 titled Elaan of Troyius and then years later again, in an episode of Kung Fu.
Yep, and let's not forget the very special episode of TJ Hooker where he goes undercover as Simplejack 'Tuggernuts' McClain - befriended by Nuyen's character, Topoxixi-o.
“Elaan of Troyius” is on H&I network tonight. I’ve always liked the episode and drooled over France Nuyen, she was 😍. After watching this clip of them both, I have a new appreciation for both of them. I wish their play was on DVD. Lucky Shatner locked lips with France several times 💋💋💋💋
@@jerryjohnson575 During a Candian election one if the Candidates had spent a long time in the US. There was some controversy about whether he should run for Candian Prime Minister when he had spent so much time out of Canada. Later there were people calling for William Shatner to be appointed Governor General. He said no, he had been put of Canada too much.
Great stage actor from way back it seems. Often underestimated as an actor as Captain Kirk for his theatrical interpretation of the role but has left an indelible impact on audiences from that era until today. Great recent interview when he was nearly 90 too
William Shatner and France Nuyen also appeared together in Star Trek, The Horror at 37,000 Feet (TV movie) and the Kung Fu episode, A Small Beheading. All well worth seeing.
@MissDroplette You don't see that much of her. She plays a model who flirts briefly with Roy Thinnes. A strange film but a guilty pleasure for me. In fact I love it.
This is the first time I've seen William in a performance before Star Trek, almost ten years younger. Really looking at this convinces me Chris Pine really was the perfect choice to also play Kirk.
@@theexmann It sure is! Just realized this after reading the comments and the description! Elaan: Tell me, what can you teach me? Kirk: Table manners for one thing. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OmF8gm4lZkA.html
@@georgehenderson7783 Hahaha...I remember that line from the episode. I recognized her voice more so than her face because in ST she looks very different. She was also romantically involved with Marlon Brando early on before ST.
The Shat was a successful leading actor in the 50's into the 60's. Trek must have seemed like he had reached the top. It ultimately typecast him and killed his career for the better part of a decade until the Trek movies started. But he deserves great credit for not settling to be Captain Kirk.. He was somehow able to move beyond Kirk now and gained success with T.J. Hooker, Rescue 911 and an Emmy on Boston Legal. Plus a talk show and a dozen other ventures. He is too busy to die any time soon.
This has gone mini-viral since having "0" comments and less than 100 hits 3 weeks ago - the power of YT, but people are enjoying seeing this featured piece from Ed Sullivan yester-year....saw Shatner still going strong narrating his new UneXplained series - active and working hard in 2021 - a remarkable and incredibly varied career.
@@RubyPearls-Shatner-channel Haha....kinda seems that way, coincides with my ice-breaking, which is why I've been tracking all this activity. All the connections and comments are fun. I have to admit that part of me is a TV junkie and definitely something of a Trekkie - such an influential show even as it was so strongly influenced by productions that came before it, such as "Forbidden Planet". Leslie Nielsen in that highly seminal sci-fi classic, the first iteration of a bonified Captain Kirk character, if with a bit more Sergeant in him...thks for the thks RP.
@@petertaylor8503 The miracle of you tube. What we do before it existed? Guess that’s why I’ve got so many VHS transfers. AH! Leslie Nielsen. Did you know his “Police Squad” only lasted 6 episodes, if I’m not mistaken? Sure we quick to pull the trigger on that one, Sorry....unrelated to the topic at hand.
Mr. Shatner was always a brilliant actor. I love his work, not just Star Trek which was, by the way a show I never missed an episode of when Shatner played Capt. Kirk. But that's just another example of his fine work.
A young William Shatner sure has a strong resemblance to a young Chris Pine and see one good reason why they cast Pine in the more recent Star Trek movies.
Randolph Pinkle ....I was 6 in 1958 and my mother loved musicals and she took me to see South Pacific and Oklahoma when they came out at the movies. We had the records too and I would sit in front of our record player and listen and sing along with these and other great musicals.
Captain Kirk before he left on his Star Trek,,,, so awesome it is him the same vibe,,,, so cool. he gets in hong kong and out in space,,, he is the coolest person on this Planet as well as countless other worlds,,, his confidence rocks
He was impressive on the two guess starring roles he had on both "the Twilight Zone" and "Thriller." I thought he was also great in his first guest star role in "the Naked City, "Portrait of a Painter," (1962) in which he plays an eccentric artist who is accused of killing his wife. He's terrific and totally believable in it. You can't decide if he is guilty or not until the very last scene. He was so good, the producers immediately had him guess star in another episode just two months later, "Without Stick or Sword." He played a Buddhist sailor from Burma. He didn't really look very Asian, so the episode didn't quite work. However, the producers gave him two more guess starring roles in another drama series, "Doctors and Nurses," that they did the next year. Many young actors appeared on the series "Naked City." I think Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman were the only two that gave performances that matched Shatner's.
do u guys remember she was in a startrek episode , she played an arrogant queen or something. kirk broke her down when she cried her tears made cpt kirk love her, great episode.
Never knew they did stuff like this on the Ed Sullivan Show. Was born about a year before this aired, and by the time I began watching Ed Sullivan in the mid-sixties, I don't believe they were featuring performances like this. And had no idea Shatner was a theatre guy, he had some serious acting chops and never lacked self-confidence, that's for sure. He took a lot of heat for his "overacting" as Captain Kirk, but that "overacting" made the show, and changed pop culture forever. Trek became an iconic franchise and is still ongoing to this day. Amazing.
